You might as well like yourself; just think about all the time you're gonna have to spend with you. Jerry Lewis More Quotes by Jerry Lewis More Quotes From Jerry Lewis The young man who's had the Guggenheim fortune behind him all his life - he can hire all the authorities on the subject to teach him how to do a monologue, but he's never going to have the right stuff to pull it off. If he doesn't walk out onstage needing to walk out there, he doesn't have a dream of doing well. Jerry Lewis dreamstuffmen People think I'm against critics because they are negative to my work. That's not what bothers me. What bothers me is they didn't see the work. I have seen critics print stuff about stuff I cut out of the film before we ran it. So don't tell me about critics. Jerry Lewis cuttingpeoplethinking I have nothing against women. As a matter of fact there's something about them that I love, but I just can't put my finger on it. Jerry Lewis womenmatterfacts Don't you understand how dramatic it is to be a comic? To be a fool, to get people to laugh at this show-off? Milton Berle could take Laurence Olivier and stick him under the table if he wanted to. And so could I. Jerry Lewis tableslaughingpeople I've had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains. Jerry Lewis criticsbraincountry Egos get pulled into this kind of a thing, we loved one another... we just didn't like working together anymore. Jerry Lewis top-news Age is a wonderful, marvelous comrade when you get to it and you have to respect it. Jerry Lewis latest-headlines That never stops. That's what drives you: the joy and excitement of doing what you love. Jerry Lewis neveryoujoylove Red is uplifting. Jerry Lewis reduplifting God hadn't made me handsome, but he'd given me something, I always felt: funny bones. Jerry Lewis mehandsomegodfunny Going unnoticed has never been my strong suit. Jerry Lewis suitgoingneverstrong Nothing can stop anyone who has a love and passion about their work. Jerry Lewis nothingpassionworklove I say to everybody, love is what wakes you up in the morning, love is what makes you walk, and love is what makes you hope. Jerry Lewis walkhopemorninglove I'm really not thick-skinned - my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally - but I know that I've got the belly for whatever comes down the pike. I think it's tenacity. You've been there before, and you just have to recall, 'How did I handle that one?' Jerry Lewis downthinkyouwife The film I did with Bobby De Niro, 'The King of Comedy' - an awful lot came to me out of that movie because De Niro never allowed me any room to be crazy. If I had tried to play it the way I would normally play it and get hysterical, Bobby would punch me. Jerry Lewis kingmecrazyway Billy Crystal, Steve Martin do wonderful things. Jerry Lewis stevecrystalthingswonderful I like to watch all those shows that shouldn't be on the air - reality shows. Jerry Lewis watchlikeairreality When you get a question like, 'Did you like meeting Her Majesty?' 'No, I thought she was a slob.' I mean, what are you going to say... The mischief comes into me when I'm doing a Q&A, I'm 9 years old again. I don't get mad. I do get offended. Jerry Lewis thoughtmeyoumad My ego and my vanities have nothing to do with comedy. Jerry Lewis nothingcomedyego The beauty of love, as far as I'm concerned, is it makes you better. It makes you stronger. It gives you direction. It gives you understanding of what life is and what we've been given. Jerry Lewis youbeautylovelife
